The Gila Bend Photon Clubhttp://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9
Gila Bend, Arizona: Crumbling remnant of the Old West or the perfect place for utility-scale solar to finally take off?; also, selenium's problems, hunter-run Super PACS, do conservation-minded subdivisions work?; voluntary endangered species conservation agreements, and more

What's the best place for Big Solar?http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/whats-the-best-place-for-big-solar
Environmentalists have been too busy squabbling over proposed solar plants to pay much attention to one of the most promising sites: Gila Bend, Ariz.No publisherEnergy & IndustryArizonaEditor's noteEssays2012-05-28T08:00:00ZHCNNewsArticleConservation agreements try to head off endangered species listings http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/conservation-agreements-try-to-head-off-endangered-species-listings
Candidate conservation agreements try to keep rare species, like Colorado's Gunnison sage grouse, off the endangered species list, or at least healthy enough to lessen the restrictions that come with listing.No publisherPolitics2012-06-01T08:00:00ZHCNNewsArticleDead trees, biodiversity, and the black-backed woodpeckerhttp://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/dead-trees-biodiversity-and-the-black-backed-woodpecker
Forests ravaged by fires and beetles are unlikely havens for certain species, including the rare black-backed woodpecker.No publisherWildlife2012-05-28T08:00:00ZHCNNewsArticleSecretly funded Montana sportsmen dive into political frayhttp://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/secretly-funded-montana-sportsmen-dive-into-political-fray
The group Montana Hunters and Anglers Action is wielding its cash to help pro-conservation candidates win elections.No publisherPolitics2012-05-28T08:00:00ZHCNNewsArticleDo subdivisions designed for conservation actually help wildlife? http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/do-subdivisions-designed-for-conservation-actually-help-wildlife
Conservation development is supposed to reduce the habitat fragmentation caused by exurban sprawl -- but it only works if it's done right.No publisherGrowth & SustainabilityColorado2012-06-06T08:00:00ZHCNNewsArticleCoping with two-headed fish and other effects of seleniumhttp://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/coping-with-two-headed-fish-and-other-effects-of-selenium
Researchers try to determine if unhealthy amounts of selenium are entering Western soil and water due to energy development.No publisherClimate Change2012-05-30T08:00:00ZHCNNewsArticleThe fading Arizona town of Gila Bend bets big on solarhttp://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/the-fading-arizona-town-of-gila-bend-bets-big-on-solar
At last -- a place to put utility scale plants that won't ruin the desert. But will politics and the economy get in the way?No publisherEnergy & Industry2012-06-04T08:00:00ZHCNNewsArticleIn the desert, questions without answers: A review of Gods Without Menhttp://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/in-the-desert-questions-without-answers-a-review-of-gods-without-men
In Gods Without Men, British novelist Hari Kunzru wanders through time and space in California's Mojave Desert. No publisherCommunitiesBooks2012-05-28T08:00:00ZHCNNewsArticleFilling empty pages: A review of When Women Were Birdshttp://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/filling-empty-pages-a-review-of-when-women-were-birds
In her latest memoir, When Women Were Birds, writer Terry Tempest Williams tries to solve the mystery of the cloth-bound journals her dying mother left her -- all of them completely blank.No publisherCommunitiesBooks2012-05-28T08:00:00ZHCNNewsArticleDancing with wolverineshttp://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/dancing-with-wolverines
A wolverine snuffling at your throat commands your attention, even if you're in a relatively safe enclosure at a clandestine refuge for the animals.No publisherWildlifeEssays2012-06-08T08:00:00ZHCNNewsArticleStudent visitors from near and farhttp://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/student-visitors-from-near-and-far
HCN is visited by students of all ages; meeting Michael Branch; Stephanie Paige Ogburn is a finalist for the 2012 Livingston Awards for Young Journalists; Sierra Crane-Murdoch receives scholarship; Tony Barboza wins fellowship.No publisherCommunitiesDear Friends2012-05-28T08:00:00ZHCNNewsArticleRowing to Yaphttp://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/rowing-to-yap
No publisherCommunitiesLetter to the editor2012-05-28T08:00:00ZHCNNewsArticleLearning from the oppositionhttp://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/learning-from-the-opposition
No publisherEnergy & IndustryLetter to the editor2012-05-28T08:00:00ZHCNNewsArticleFighting billboards in Missourihttp://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/fighting-billboards-in-missouri
No publisherPoliticsLetter to the editor2012-05-28T08:00:00ZHCNNewsArticleLibro-tempest in a teacuphttp://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/libro-tempest-in-a-teacup
No publisherCommunitiesLetter to the editor2012-05-28T08:00:00ZHCNNewsArticle